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Portsmouth finances and accounts

Q: How much revenue do Portsmouth make?

Portsmouth turned over AU$22.6m in 2021/22.

Q: What is the Portsmouth wage bill?

Portsmouth paid AU$14.9m in staff costs in 2021/22, which is 65.9% of revenue.

Q: Do Portsmouth make a profit?

Portsmouth made a pre-tax loss of AU$5.5m in 2021/22.

Portsmouth turned over AU$22.6m in 2021/22 and paid AU$14.9m in staff costs, which is 65.9% of everything the club earned.

REVENUE AU$22.6m

WAGE BILL AU$14.9m

WAGES TO REVENUE65.9%

PRE-TAX RESULT -AU$5.5m

Portsmouth Football finances Championship Highest paid All-time earners

Revenue by season

What Portsmouth turned over in each year we hold accounts for.

$17m

$22m

$21m

$14m

$23m

Every measure, season by season

Costs are shown as the amount paid. A dash is a measure Portsmouth does not report on its own.

MEASURE	2021/22	2020/21	2019/20	2018/19	2017/18
Revenue	AU$22,578,411AU$22.6m	AU$13,949,585AU$13.9m	AU$21,326,998AU$21.3m	AU$21,884,034AU$21.9m	AU$16,806,851AU$16.8m
Staff costs	AU$14,875,285AU$14.9m	AU$14,855,372AU$14.9m	AU$15,251,414AU$15.3m	-	-
Wages and salaries	AU$13,337,188AU$13.3m	AU$13,321,257AU$13.3m	AU$13,574,543AU$13.6m	-	-
Player amortisation	AU$1,719,006AU$1.7m	AU$2,254,768AU$2.3m	AU$2,361,780AU$2.4m	AU$861,987AU$862k	AU$569,117AU$569k
Cost of sales	AU$17,530,440AU$17.5m	AU$13,270,276AU$13.3m	AU$15,018,314AU$15m	AU$14,988,286AU$15m	AU$11,704,687AU$11.7m
Pre-tax result	-AU$5,496,555AU$5.5m	-AU$7,296,302AU$7.3m	AU$491,306AU$491k	AU$3,890,656AU$3.9m	-AU$2,586,170AU$2.6m
Wages to revenue	65.9%	106.5%	71.5%	-	-

What the wage bill covers

Staff costs are the whole payroll and not just the first team: players, coaching staff, the academy and everyone working at the ground. Portsmouth paid AU$14.9m against AU$22.6m of revenue, so 66p of every pound went back out as pay.

Championship revenue

The 17 clubs in the division whose accounts cover the same twelve months. Follow a club for its own finances.

West Ham United $476m Wolverhampton Wanderers $313m Southampton $285m Watford $242m Burnley $233m West Bromwich Albion $124m Queens Park Rangers $69m Stoke City $59m Middlesbrough $51m Cardiff City $38m Birmingham City $34m Blackburn Rovers $31m Preston North End $26m Bolton Wanderers $26m Portsmouth $23m Charlton Athletic $19m Wrexham $11m

Frequently asked questions

How much revenue do Portsmouth make?

Portsmouth turned over AU$22.6m in 2021/22.

What is the Portsmouth wage bill?

Portsmouth paid AU$14.9m in staff costs in 2021/22, which is 65.9% of revenue.

Do Portsmouth make a profit?

Portsmouth made a pre-tax loss of AU$5.5m in 2021/22.

The accounts behind these figures

Filed by PORTSMOUTH COMMUNITY FOOTBALL CLUB LIMITED, company number 07940335. Every set of accounts read for this page.

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